"I find one of your countrymen wizin ze army lines," is the way Excellency von Mumm is reported as telling the story, "and I say to him, 'Herr Swing, it iss strongly forbidden zat a newspaper man come to ze front.

"Bigarre, you no know zat?

How you like zat for a straight flush?" He lay his cards on the table, and he had the two, three, four, five and six of hearts.

It is not permitted zat any one come here; you must go away.' "Very goot, Excellency," said Swing.